View is south on Main Street, Blackhawk, Colorado; shows flat railroad cars and a specially-built track to load out the debris washed down through town by heavy flooding. Flooding was common a occurrence as a result of extensive lumber harvests. The lack of trees on the hillsides made erosion in heavy rain inevitable. Visible are: The Black Hawk Boiler and Sheet Iron Works, Geo. Stroehle & Sons, Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, McLaughlin XXX Coffee. The highline to Central City is in the upper right.

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Formerly F38625.; Hand-written on back of photoprint: Digging on either side of flatcars. Blackhawk Boiler and Sheet Iron Works at left; McLaughlin XXX sign at right.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100020938

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